Railway-switch



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HENRY LESLY, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

RAILWAY-SWITCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,066, dated December25, 1888.

Application filed October 11, 1888. Serial No. 287,866. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY LESLY, of Birmingham, in the county ofJefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and ImprovedRailway-Switch, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my new and improved railway-switch. Fig. 2 isa sectional elevation of the same 011 line m w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asimilar view taken on line y y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a transversesectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings 1 have shown two switchframes, A A, each composed of twopointed rails, a a, connected together by cross-pieces c c and c. Thesaid frames are each pivoted between the rails B B C Cby a bolt, dpassing through the center of the cross-piece 0, so that the blunt endsof the rails to a abut against the ends of the said rails C C.

The two frames A A are operated for opening and closing the switch bythe leverD, fulcrumed on shaft D, jonrnaled in the blocks D D at theside of the track. The lever D is formed with an enlarged head, (1, andconnected to this head by the studs d d, on opposite sides of the shaftD, are the connecting-rods D D These connecting-rods pass under the railB and are connected to the arms E E of the switch-frames A A. By turningthe lever D the two rods E E are simultaneously operated in oppositedirections. Each of the connecting-rods D may be connected to the arm Eor disconnected therefrom at pleasure, so that either switch-frame A maybe operated independently of the other by the same lever, D, or bothswitch-frames may be operated simultaneously in opposite directions bythe lever D, if desired.

The ends of the connecting-rods D maybe connected to the arms E invarious ways to permit ready connection and disconnection; but I peferto slot the arms E both vertically and horizontally, as shown at e e, toform the projection e at the end of each arm, as shown clearly in Fig.2. The ends of the connecting-rods E are notched to form the hooks f andshoulders or offsets f, (see Fig. 4,) and they are placed in the slots 66. By shifting the connecting-rods E laterally in the said slots 6 theymay be made to engage with or disengage the projections 6 as shown inFig. 2. lVhen moved in line with the vertical slot 6, as shown at theright in Fig. 2, the connecting rods move independently of the switches.When moved out of line with the said vertical slots, as shown at theleft in Fig. 2, the movement of the connecting-rods operates theswitches. Normally, the said connecting-rods D are held to engage thearms E by coiled springs F on rods F, the springs acting between fixedcollars g 011 the rods and the sliding washers g on the said rods F. Fordrawing or moving the said rods from under the projections e todisconnect the rods from the arms E, I use the levers G, pivoted outsideof the track and connected by cordsor wires G G to the connecting-rodsD8. The said cords 0r wires pass around the pulleys H, so that when thelevers G are turned out ward away from the track the saidconnecting-rods will be drawn out from under the projections e into thevertical slots e,-thus eifecting the desired result of disconnecting thesaid connecting-rods from the switchframes. The levers G may be heldback by pins 72, and by removing these pins the springs willautomatically force the connecting-rods over to engage with the arms E.The cords G might be connected directly to the connecting-rods D but Iprefer to use the T-pieces or blocks m, passed through slots on in theconnecting-rods D as shown clearly in Fig. i, so that the said cords maybe fastened to the outer ends of said T-pieces or blocks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The pivoted switch-frame A, comprising pointed rails a and suitablecross-pieces, and provided with an arm, E, formed with slots e e andprojection 6 in combination with the connecting-rod D formed withnotched end f f the rod F and spring F, to act upon the saidconnecting-rod, and the operating-lever D, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the operatingdever ICO from the arms E E, incon'lbinz'ltion with the single operating-lever I), to which the rods DD are connected, the levers G Jr, and cords G, passing over the pulleys11', substantially AS 1 described.

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